rcwa 0.1.55

Python Implementation of Rigorous Coupled Wave Analysis

Getting Started

Installation

The recommended way to install this software is with pip:

pip install rcwa

And that's it!

Hello World Program

To run a simple example, run:

python -m rcwa.examples.bragg_mirror

This should run an example with a 10-layer bragg mirror (also known as a dielectric mirror), which can have very high reflectance near its design wavelength, and output the reflectance as a function of wavelength.

Features

• Implements 1D Transfer Matrix Method for homogenous layers
• Implements full rectangular 2D RCWA for periodic layers
• Arbitrary incident wave polarization (circular, linear, elliptical)
• Arbitrary incident wave angle of incidence
• Exactly solves Maxwell's Equations for arbitrary layer stacks of any thickness
• Compute reflected power, transmitted power, and S-parameters
• Easy to use class-based syntax
• Large, fast-to-run test suite
• Extremely fast narrowband, rigorously correct simulations well suited for resonant devices

Documentation

This project is documented on Read The Docs. For additional information, including downloading examples, you can view this project on github.

Author: Jordan Edmunds, UC Irvine Alumnus, UC Berkeley Ph.D. Student

Date Started: 2020/01/05

License

This project is distributed under the MIT license.